Portfolio

Bold design for general contractor in Montreal
Bold logo for social agency providing staffing for adults with disabilities to be able to live on their own.
Logo and brand guide for Migrant Workers’ Action
Logo for company specialising in Executive Function coaching for students and adults with ADHD.
Bold logo for Frozen Seafood Wholesale and Distributor company
Bold design for lodging services.
Bold, simple logo for an Indian street food restaurant.
Simple love heart ❤️ logo
Calendar centric daily writing application logo
Bold logo for holding company
Bold design for cutting edge trading company
Simple concept for tech startup.

About

Making clever simple and simple clever.

All non-winning designs in my portfolio are up for sale. Send me a 1-1 project if interested.

Member since: March 18, 2009

Reviews

"Thank you so much"
Profile picturejopT reviewed 13 days ago
"Pleasure working with you."
Profile picturefatboyjim responded 13 days ago
"Great service. Great design. Very professional. Thanks James!"
Profile picturemalabarrE reviewed about 1 month ago
"Great working with fatboyjim. Loved the design work and responsiveness. "
Profile picturecfugelsanF reviewed about 2 months ago
"Great working with you too."
Profile picturefatboyjim responded about 2 months ago
"Great designer, super quick replies!"
Anonymous client reviewed about 2 months ago
"Simple effective design principles."
Anonymous client reviewed 4 months ago
"James has created some excellent designs in a short time scale. Thank you for all your hard work. "
Profile picturerichard.apletreH reviewed 4 months ago
"James, has been brilliant throughout the project. The quality and speed of the output has been great. Thank you "
Profile picturerichard.apletreH reviewed 4 months ago
"@Fatboyjim did an excellent job. He was able to work with me throughout the entire creative process of creating my branding. He provided numerous sketches all throughout the process to allow me to see my ideas with my eyes. Many designers have lost pati..."
Profile pictureCloud Comfort Escape reviewed 6 months ago
"Thank you for all the work on this! Thought it may have seemed like a simple contest--trying to make it look like the sketch already drawn--there were many who entered the contest and yours was the best fit!"
Anonymous client reviewed 9 months ago
"2nd time using and just as fast as before!"
Profile picturetbasingeR reviewed 9 months ago
"VERY quick and got me exactly what I needed. Would use again!"
Profile picturetbasingeR reviewed 9 months ago
"Thank you so much for all your time! I love it."
Anonymous client reviewed 10 months ago
"It was great working with you."
Profile picturefatboyjim responded 10 months ago
"Thanks James, much appreciated. "
Anonymous client reviewed 10 months ago
"FatBoyJim, "James" is a great designer, period. He implemented my feedback professionally, and extremely fast, and surprised me with interesting variations along the way. As we got close, something felt off. I'm guessing James sensed this as he submitte..."
Profile picturebrooksdra reviewed 11 months ago
"Fatboyjim offered up a number of really strong ideas, followed up with swift revisions and the final design was head and shoulders above the rest - even after showing my shortlist to colleagues and friends, his design work was the first choice for most ..."
Anonymous client reviewed 11 months ago
"Was excellent working with James, thank you for a great logo design!"
Anonymous client reviewed 12 months ago
"great as always"
Profile pictureULocker reviewed about 1 year ago
"The designer/ FatBoyJim was very thoughtful and very creative when developing and optimizing the emerging/ winning logo. He was also very patient with us as "first time" art directors. We greatly enjoyed working with him. We will be back for future work..."
Anonymous client reviewed about 1 year ago
"great as always"
Profile pictureULocker reviewed about 1 year ago
"fast good work as always"
Profile pictureULocker reviewed about 1 year ago
"Always responsive and quick turnaround. Thank you again for another successful project!"
Profile pictureDwright2 reviewed over 1 year ago
"Excellent work. Fast response time. Great end product! Will definitely use again"
Profile pictureDwright2 reviewed over 1 year ago
"Creative, precise and goal-oriented approach. Very responsive. "
Anonymous client reviewed about 2 years ago
"He was creative and attentive to my questions and needs. He was also very prompt. Highly recommend!"
Profile picturecompletepicturelld reviewed about 2 years ago
"Very professional with good communication to get clarity on what direction to go with design. Fast turnaround. 2nd time we've worked together and I hope it won't be the last!"
Profile pictureDwright2 reviewed about 2 years ago
"Very professional. "
Profile picturearmin.pfauser reviewed about 2 years ago
"Great As always, Probably my 50th project with Jim very professional great to work with. "
Profile pictureULocker reviewed about 2 years ago
"James is super talented! An amazing designer who has unbelievable attention to detail, and well thought out execution. I would recommend for any project looking for clean, crisp, classy work."
Profile picturethemaine reviewed over 2 years ago
"great as always"
Profile pictureULocker reviewed over 2 years ago
"Many thanks for the very good collaboration."
Profile picturej.schneider reviewed almost 3 years ago
"Excellent designer. He was very quick to respond to every request. We are very happy with the concept and excited to bring the "nerd" look into our brand. "
Profile picturechrisyr reviewed almost 3 years ago
"Professional and easy to work with! Fast revisions and delivery. "
Profile pictureEcofric Endre reviewed almost 3 years ago
"5/5 Would recommend!"
Profile pictureallocations1 reviewed almost 3 years ago
"5/5! Would recommend to all!"
Profile pictureallocations1 reviewed almost 3 years ago
"Great service. Very helpful and responsive!"
Profile picturewill.driver reviewed almost 3 years ago
"James has been a pleasure to work with. He did a great job or ascertaining our requirements and designing us to a logo with which we're truly delighted."
Profile picturewill.driver reviewed almost 3 years ago
"5/5 Would recommend! Fantastic experience!"
Profile pictureallocations1 reviewed almost 3 years ago
"5/5! Great experience!"
Profile pictureallocations1 reviewed almost 3 years ago
"5/5! Fantastic experience! Would recommend!"
Profile pictureallocations1 reviewed almost 3 years ago
"Fantastic experience! 5/5"
Profile pictureallocations1 reviewed about 3 years ago
"My 99d designer James immediately "got" the aesthetic I wanted to create with my new company brand and translated that quickly into an elegant and distinctive logo. He was also super helpful and responsive to my requests for variations of the brand arch..."
Profile pictureadamrsblack reviewed about 3 years ago
"Good Job !! I'll contact you directly next time"
Profile pictureEcommerceSchool reviewed about 3 years ago
"Great work as always and fast"
Profile pictureULocker reviewed over 3 years ago
"Responsive, quick, talented, and professional. "
Profile picturefee.hurko reviewed over 3 years ago
"Great as always"
Profile pictureULocker reviewed almost 4 years ago
"Great concept and execution. Open to feedback and quick turnaround on design files. Would love to work with FBJ again."
Anonymous client reviewed almost 4 years ago
"Great and really fast designer. Delivered exactly what I asked for. Thanks a lot! "
Profile pictureFrankenStaunt reviewed almost 4 years ago
"Great to deal as always, have done 25 projects with Jim, fast and does great work. "
Profile pictureULocker reviewed about 4 years ago
"Great job, and fast feedbacks"
Anonymous client reviewed about 4 years ago
"James was fantastic to work with on our new logo design. He's creative. Responsive. Thorough. I love all his work!"
Profile picturemelissaRJ reviewed about 4 years ago
"Does a great job every time, fast and does great work... Have used over 20 times."
Anonymous client reviewed about 4 years ago
"Responsive, good communication, and a good eye!"
Profile pictureblakema reviewed over 4 years ago
"James (fatboyjim) did a fantastic job on this project. He was flexible in our many requests and was willing to try a variety of options before we landed on the final design that we love. His response time was good. I would gladly recommend him to others..."
Profile picturegary.arnold reviewed over 4 years ago
"Professional, quick, and courteous every step of the interaction. Would highly recommend!"
Profile pictureryan.bubinski reviewed over 4 years ago
"Top designer who knows his work!"
Profile pictureandyeSH reviewed almost 5 years ago
"Fatboyjim right away understood that I was looking for a logo that expressed my business intentions rather than just stylish initials. The communication back and forth was smooth with quick turnaround. Color and font choices hit the nail on the head. F..."
Profile picturepeltenburg reviewed about 5 years ago
"fatboyjim developed a PowerPoint template for me based on the smart logo that he designed previously. Addition of matching colors and usage of logo in header and watermark resulted in an attractive design that I am happy with. The service was swift and ..."
Profile picturepeltenburg reviewed about 5 years ago
"Great work on this design"
Anonymous client reviewed about 5 years ago
"James was creative, precise, timely and professional the whole way through. He was able to quickly grasp the concept that we were looking for and create it visually. Highly recommend."
Anonymous client reviewed about 5 years ago
"Thank you for your timely responses by messenger. "
Anonymous client reviewed over 5 years ago
"You see in his work immediatly that this guy is top level+ Works fast and precisely, very responsive and supporting, and explains you concepts very well...A designer to work with like it should be...! "
Anonymous client reviewed over 5 years ago
"Great responsiveness to feedback and quick turnaround. "
Profile pictureDwright2 reviewed over 5 years ago
"Icons are very subjective; James handled every piece of input and suggestion with grace and made adjustments until we got them just right! I would definitely use him again!"
Profile pictureDwright2 reviewed over 5 years ago
"I Need a Hero is sooo happy with our new logo. Fits like a charm. Designer was really easy to work with and provided variations to our suggestions quickly. We are looking forward to having more work done."
Profile pictureCadFood reviewed almost 6 years ago
"Came up with a couple of great submissions and was happy to recieve feedback and suggestions. Pleasure to work with."
Profile pictureaswift reviewed almost 6 years ago
"From start to finish, James was a pleasure to work with. He took our design brief and created a logo that was better than we could have envisioned. He was also incredibly responsive, was a step ahead of us on providing suggestions for improvements throu..."
Profile picturemrob239 reviewed almost 6 years ago
"Great job as always!!!"
Anonymous client reviewed over 6 years ago
"It was a pleasure working with fatboyjim. His grasp of our business concept was beyond our expectation. He beautifully translated the concept into a simple and yet vibrant design that expresses our vision and values. He is also very quick in responding..."
Profile picturechiekoa reviewed almost 7 years ago
"One of the best there is!"
Profile pictureRob Robinson reviewed almost 7 years ago
"We had a great contest and fatboyjim was one of many good ideas we got, but eventually his work was chosen by the crowed through the polls and we of course, we love it! When we chose fatboyjim as the winner we got quick and professional communication wh..."
Profile pictureFLASH!@ reviewed almost 7 years ago
"As always, great work! Understood what I needed in a template and developed a clean and simple design."
Profile picturedave99ag reviewed about 7 years ago
"James was great to work with and understood what I was looking for in a logo design. Very quick to respond when I had questions or revisions. Definitely recommend his work!"
Profile picturedave99ag reviewed about 7 years ago
"Intuitive and easy to work with. Ironically, he was my first design and evolved as I gave him feedback. Could not have asked for a better virtual designer. I received over 100 total designs, but he was an excellent listener and understood what I was ..."
Profile picturelloydri reviewed over 7 years ago
"Great job as always, I've used for multiple projects and would recommend to anyone. "
Anonymous client reviewed over 7 years ago
"Prompt and Good Job did exactly what I asked for. Good designers have use multiple time now. "
Anonymous client reviewed over 7 years ago
"This was my first experience with 99designs. I have to say "fatboyjim" had excellent response time and proactively revised his design from initial concept. He was able to provide a unique, clean, and professional design from just a basic concept I suppl..."
Profile pictureopoet reviewed over 7 years ago
"Fatboyjim is an excellent designer and communicator. He was a pleasure to work with. Thank you!"
Profile pictureJonathan u reviewed over 7 years ago
"I ran a contest to design a logo for a new brand for athletes and got many designers' submissions. James was able to stand out with his creativity. He designed a logo that met all of my requirements and took feedback promptly to come back with newer i..."
Profile picturesamcchi reviewed over 7 years ago
"fatboyjim exceeded my expectations across the board, but especially with his responsiveness. I requested many modifications as we went from initial concept to final design, and he was patient, polite, organized, and timely as we worked through all the i..."
Profile pictureblakema reviewed almost 8 years ago
"It was great working with fatboyjim on the logo design contest. He was very fast on his turnaround times and very responsive to my requests and suggestions. The logo he designed for me was even better than I had hoped for."
Profile pictureles.hodges reviewed almost 8 years ago
"He's the best!"
Anonymous client reviewed almost 8 years ago
"Jim was creative and professional through the entire 99design contest. Out of over 1500 entries Jim was able to best capture the look and feel of the image we were anxious to establish with our new business logo. We would definitely recommend Jim'..."
Profile pictureSLEEP reviewed almost 8 years ago
"fatboyjim provided not only the first, but also the winning design. He was cooperative throughout the contest by providing over 30 iterations of the designs based on my requests. His follow-up was extremely prompt and accurate. I am extremely pleased wi..."
Profile pictureEC3 reviewed almost 8 years ago
"We got exactly what we wanted from fatboyjim. He understood our vision and went beyond our expectations. Looking forward to working with him again in the future. "
Anonymous client reviewed almost 8 years ago
"We were very happy working with James. Especially the good communication and the fast amount of design proposals that he delivered based upon our suggestions contributed enormously to the end result. Great time working with James. Team uniten"
Anonymous client reviewed almost 8 years ago
"Fatboyjim's was extremely pleasant to work with. Great work, quick revisions when requested and very professional. Was easy to commuicate with and helpful with ideas. "
Anonymous client reviewed almost 8 years ago
"Fantastic designer. James was very responsive with design change requests and communicated well. "
Profile picturephotomonkee reviewed almost 8 years ago
"This design came out of nowhere after a few days and was amazing. The perfect mix of professional image and a bit of light hearted fun. Not too out there (in terms of being too comical) and colourful enough to catch the eye. Extremely quick handover o..."
Anonymous client reviewed almost 8 years ago
"James was very professional and patient with me even though I changed the direction several times. He was quick to provide me with a variety of options and his response to feedback was always spot on. I will definitely be using him again for any other l..."
Profile pictureLizS reviewed almost 8 years ago
"fatboyjim was fantastic to work with - professional, creative and responsive throughout the whole process. Highly recommended!"
Profile pictureScott.howlett reviewed almost 8 years ago
"Like anyone else, I wanted a logo that would express the essence of my business. Unfortunately I had no idea how to describe what I wanted so went down a lot of bunny trails in my contest. I was super impressed with all the great designers who partici..."
Anonymous client reviewed almost 8 years ago
"James was very attentive to our needs from the very first moment. He well considered the concept we wanted to tramsmit to our customers with our logo, and worked on it. His designs were exactly what we needed, innovative, young, clean. I would recommend..."
Profile pictureShoppingMates reviewed almost 8 years ago